⁴ᴷ ᴴᴰᴿ WMATA DC Metro • Trains at Metro Center Station

Filmed: Aug 23, 2023
Station(s): Metro Center
Line(s): Red (upper); Orange, Blue, Silver (lower)
Train(s): Alstom/Breda 2000- and 3000-series, Alstom 6000-series, Kawasaki 7000-series
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Timestamps:
0:00 Silver Line 3000-series train arrives
0:23 Orange Line 7000-series train leaves
0:47 Silver Line 7000-series train arrives
1:21 Silver Line 7000-series train leaves
1:45 Blue Line 6000-series train arrives
2:21 Blue Line 6000-series train leaves
2:49 Blue Line 2000-series train arrives
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Metro Center station is the central hub station of the Washington Metro, a rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. The station is located in Downtown, centered on the intersection of 12th Street NW and G Street NW. It is one of the 4 major transfer points in the Metrorail network. The Red Line portion of Metro Center station opened on March 27, 1976, as part of the first section of the Metro system.
The station averaged 10,587 daily riders in 2023, making it the busiest in the system.
Source: Wikipedia
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[@benjaminbrown3939]

I can tell that some of these videos are over a year old, because the last one has carpeted 2k series cars.

[@RohrDC]

Definitely not over a year but they are old. August 2023.

[@JaxBrubaker-po8ld]

7000 Series now has 6 car trains some still have 8. They have 6 cars because they’re replacing the 3000 Series and the older cars off the system, due to the 8000 Series coming.

[@RohrDC]

Yeah I seen some on the green line the other day it was weird.

[@JaxBrubaker-po8ld]

Yeah, it’s because they’re replacing the older cars off the fleet.

[@RohrDC]

@@JaxBrubaker-po8ld I wonder why WMATA didn't try running 6 car 7000 series trains earlier

[@JaxBrubaker-po8ld]

Don’t know they were always 8 car trains since they started

[@ethanparker7900]

@@JaxBrubaker-po8ld yah the 7ks and 6ks typically run as 8 cars while the older 3ks run 6 cars (and 1ks, 2ks, 4ks and 5ks did 6 cars too before their respective retirements)

[@car_tar3882]

I love my dc metro I really do but the 6k series is so so so ugly. Everything about it is terrible even though it shares 95% with the 3k the 5% ruins them.

[@RohrDC]

I wouldn’t say they’re ugly but they’re the worst looking trains in the DC metro. Even the 7ks look better lol.
The cab windows on the front with the thick rounded black borders look really weird. Maybe if they extended all the way to the top of the bulkhead frame or least had thinner borders it wouldn’t look so bad. 2k/3k, 4ks, and 5ks all looked really good though.

[@ethanparker7900]

@@RohrDC the 6ks have a very similar appearance to the retired 5ks